white metal

white metal:

see Babbitt metalBabbitt metal,an antifriction metal first produced by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals, or "white metals......Click the link for more information..

white metal

[′wīt ‚med·əl]

(metallurgy)

Any of several white-colored metals and their alloys of relatively low melting points, such as lead, tin, antimony, and zinc.

A copper matte of about 77% copper, obtained from the smelting of sulfide copper ores.

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